A rig had cracked off as I cast early on in the session, and it was a bit of a surprise when I pulled the anchor in and found the rig had got caught on it, and a couple of small flathead had eaten the baits. One was gill hooked and ended up in the bait box but the other was released.
A while later the lighter of my two snapper rods (baited with a big squid head, didn't think that one through :oops: ) went screaming off and I had quite a long wrestle with what I assume was a short-tail stingray, the ray won round one when it snapped my rod in half as I tried to lift it off the bottom, then it won round two when the line broke while I tried to bring it in with half the rod. Lucky it was a cheap rod that I didn't really like, and it kept me entertained for a while.
I ended up moving a bit further down where on the sounder it looked like there was a bit of reef right on the edge of the channel. Got another ray on one of my light rods which promptly busted off, and after a plague of tiny rock cod I finally landed a gummy of my own, although it was under size so I let it go. Then I moved over into some shallower water closer to LL and after some time I got the second gummy of the day, also undersize.
After the second gummy it was time to pull the pin, Nello, Westy and Cheater had already headed in and I made pretty good time with the wind and tide behind me.
On the whole it was a really enjoyable day on the water despite the lack of keepers.
